Chapter XXX

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

any system of principles or beliefs

From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)

From this reading DANTE: _Purg._, xxiii.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

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From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

fearful expectation or anticipation

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

not still wet

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

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From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

opinion or judgment

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

an acute insufficiency

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

highest in quality

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

(of animals) fully developed

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

deficient in amount or quality or extent

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

negation of a word or group of words

From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

make less visible or unclear

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

plural of “os” — a mouth or mouthlike opening

From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

for each

From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

to hold fast or prevent from moving

From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

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From this reading DANTE: _Purg._, xxiii.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

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From this reading ‘Negli occhi era ciascuna oscura e cava, Pallida nella faccia, e tanto scema Che dall’ ossa la pelle s’informava.

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From this reading ‘Non credo che così a buccia strema Eresitone fosse fatto secco, Per digiunar, quando pin n’ebbe tema.’

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ‘In eyes was each one hollow and obscure, Pallid in face, and oh! so meagre grown, That from their bones the skin took form.

at the time that

From this reading ‘I don’t believe that to such utter rind Erisichthon by famine was dried up, When he had greatest dread of it.’

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one

From this reading DANTE: _Purg._, xxiii.